The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14

graCelul l6JJeT Ill WHICH MI. DdNIco
acknowledged my opportune assistance
to him also brought me a check for a
much larger amount than / had expect
ed from the publishers Of the magazine
for which my story had appeared.
Time went by, and soon Mr. Davies
and the episode in which he had figured
completely passed out of my mind.
Il = n \ y
The evening of the same day that Mr..
Davies had called upon me, 1 was pres
ent at a bright and delightful party
given by my friends, the Dalstons.
They had been induced to come to
Winnipeg from Hamilton during the
famous ''boom,'' of which many in the
eastern provinces have a sufficiently
lively recollection. They had been in
time to share in the phenomenal and
unnatural prosperity of the period Of
imitation, but when the terrible reaction
set in, and prices went down and down
every day, they had suffered severely.
However they were CHEEKY, wholesome
minded people, who faced their trouble
bravely. At the same time of which
write-two or three years ago-the full
extent of the collapse was not d
stood. Mr.. Dalston was telling me how
confident he was that a good harvest
would cause trade to revive, and that
the country would speedily recover |
was expressing Il similar conviction,
though L could not pin my faith to the
results of one season, when my atten-
ton was taken bya remarkable face,
which / did not remember ever having
cen before in the society of the city.
The face itself was perfectly familiar
to me; indeed, it must be known to a
great many others, as art has made 1t
live already for more than 100 years,
and will go near to making it immortal.
In the celebrated gallery of Dresden,
there you will see to-day that beautiful
face. The picture has hung there for a
century, and it shows no signs of fading
out. OF course, the woman who sat
for that wonderful portrait has been
dead these many long years; she had
her lovers; broke some of their hearts,
| dare say, and had her say like the rest
Of us; but her face has not p~erished-
there it is on the canvas. AS long as
the colors last it will never lease to be a
striking, and to most people, q charm
liiS PlCtulo: AoA oAiO, n"u NV 80
ten It., ana mere, IN winnipeg Oh aii
places in the world, was the same race!
l do not need 10 tell you thatl IL was
not quite the same lace, lor, as salu,
the woman::of the Dresden painting died
long ago. but IL was race Vi rare
type; and the girl in my friends draw
ing-room reproduced it exactly. Now
no words of mine can do as much-cer.
talnly moi ! a lew touches. Is
where the painters nave tne advantage
OF us. FOR Wheh reany great arIise
gives The World d portralG no HiaheS
features ana expression anu SOU w
may use the wordl together 50 as 10 Ten
u ~dI1lohlou .aIe ma uho "noio Inc" a
STANDS before US 20 WIEN l saS shas
me glils race was osa4, Jug loTe Ely VI
tIia' ~ mni nnIdboS haoL ena,a Il aud
ing the halr brushed Dack rom u an
tneh nasseu apofe ~, VIII p th
tiny curl escaping al eltneI sue, sne eye,
Drows arched hlgh ABOVE ene solt ldlei
eyes, nose Neither uleeh nor no
man, u nappy MIXTURE ol Doeil' ele
mouth smau ahe ITnl anu slaPeu IKE
the very low Oh Cupiu .no cneehS
n tlhteG win warm ooioI' l
cannot put ieel Vlat l nave given d
somewhat ilelesS oaoatosuo VI eoioa,i
details, n not p~tesencihent
How can L describe tne cnarni . It's
grace; us VlVacity, ele iooh Vi "oh4eI
struggling with hullor III ehe ayes! lev
you can see an These anu mucn more az
q glance IN the dresden picture.
The eXtraordinafy eselhDlance was
helped even by the way III Wnich the
girl was dressed. Inc WhiCe colulnn ol
her NECK vas eAposeu Saso WIZ a NV
OIL amper peaus parity nv tle squaie
Dodlce She WORE mas VI Yah itcn
material, lhe SIXTY ol 'ne Same, pus
slashed across with a proad pahd OF
lace.
1t was almost lmpossiDle 10 Delieye
she had stepped out OF Una cehtury-oiu
painting.
An elderly gentleman was talking 10
her-perhaps paying her some pretty
compliment, 1or sne plusneu silgntly as
siie SlahcSu az ~
was interesting and agreeable as could
he wished. She was enthusiastic about
Canada, She told me she was a new
comer to Winnipeg indeed. to the Do
minion PERHAPS / might laugh at her,
Int She felt She must come out to the
northwest. She did not know what it
was but she was sure she had a mission
ont here. There were plenty of fine
yonne fellows at the Dalston's that
evening. and / wondered if her s'mis-
sionD was in the room. She looked
forward with pleasure to the winter.
Of course IL was cold, very cold; but the
skating and the tobogganing and the
snoy-shoeinr. The sleighing = how
snIendi II must be to glide along e
mile mon mile of smooth snow. with
the bells tinkling in the keen, clear air.
She was delighted with her Canadian
friends. the girls were SO bright and
iolly tbe men such good fun. And on
She nrattled i'm a way that was alto
gether yery winning. / was compelled
To leave the party early, and though |
lid NOT see nv Dresden face in Winni-
nae aGain T did not forget it.
Two wears later L WAS me0ltatlnU a